The Governing Council of the Salvation Army in Canada/conseil de Direction de l'Armée du Salut du Canada
Charitable organization · Richmond, British Columbia · BN 107951618RR0176 · Christianity · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($615,828) as filed with the CRA.
The Governing Council of the Salvation Army in Canada/conseil de Direction de l'Armée du Salut du Canada is a charitable organization based in Richmond, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $559K in revenue and $616K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 7% from donations, 10% from government, 46% from other charities. In 2024, 6 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $195K.
Compared with 14,125 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 37% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 99% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (4 positions in that band). The charity reported 4 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 2 qualified donees totalling $3,300 in 2024, the largest being $3,000 to The Governing Council of the Salvation Army in Canada/conseil de Direction de l'Armée du Salut du Canada. Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $2M in 2020 to $559K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
We prepare meals and use our mobile food truck to feed the homeless four nights a week. Two nights a week we hand out clothing donations to people experiencing homelessness. We also operate an emergency food hamper once a week for the low-income in the richmond community. On sunday mornings we have a bilingual english-mandarine worship service. In the summer we have kids' and teens' camps. Furthermore we host a christmas dinner for the homeless and the low-income.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $559K | $616K | $508K | $48K | $3,300 | $626K |
| 2023 | $685K | $904K | $711K | $47K | $54K | $683K |
| 2022 | $2.2M | $2.1M | $1.8M | $81K | $3,500 | $920K |
| 2021 | $2.4M | $2.1M | $1.8M | $65K | $350 | $10.8M |
| 2020 | $2M | $2.2M | $1.8M | $52K | $1,323 | $484K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $3,300 to 2 qualified donees:
Received $195K from 6 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions4
- Total compensation, all staff$348K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Lee Graves (chair); John Chamness (chief executive officer); Keith Pike (chief operating officer); Roxanne Jennings (vice-chair); Steve Yau (pastor); Florence Yau (pastor).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Governing Council of the Salvation Army in Canada/conseil de Direction de l'Armée du Salut du Canada’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107951618RR0176), or read how we compute the receipt.